My daughter asked me this question the other day - took me a while to narrow it down to 10 but here's mine - what's yours?? Beatles - Revolver Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from mars Queen - Sheer Heart Attack Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak Be-bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish Sex Pistols - Never mind the ******** **** Sparrer - Shock Troops Human League - Dare The Smiths - The Smiths Blue Nile - Hats
This was going round Facebook a few weeks ago, here's what I put out, a couple the same as yours The Smiths - The Smiths Snap - The Jam Life - Inspiral Carpets Red Album - The Beatles Brewing up With - Billy Bragg Dare - The Human League Boat To Bolivia - Martin Stephenson And The Daintees Soul Mining - The The Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
It does pain me, but the Smiths were of their time, can't listen to his solo stuff anymore, not that I did much anyway. Still go to see Johnny's gigs.
(in order of influences) Elvis - Elvis Presley Rick & Roll The Who - Tommy Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains the Same Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Sex Pistols - Never Mind the B0llocks U2 - War Carmel - the drum is everything Billy Bragg - Life’s a Riot Human League - Dare Bowie - Hunky Dory edited as I’d put some CDs in Far too many to choose from, the above misses my soul and jazz phases etc etc
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Bowie - Hunky dory Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus Judas Priest - Sad wings of destiny Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst finish Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Scream Joy Division - Unknown pleasures Jam - All mod cons Killing Joke - Killing Joke but I know I've missed at least another dozen...
Happy Mondays - squirrel and g man 24 hour party people plastic faced can’t smile whites out Happy Mondays - loved Stone Roses - Stone Roses Carter USM - 30 Something Pulp - His n Hers Oasis - Definitely Maybe The Wedding Present - Bizzaro Mogwai - Young Team Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky The Wonder Stuff - Hup
Doctor Feelgood Be Seeing You Beatles Rubber Soul Led Zepp IV Blondie Parallel Lines Rolling Stones Black and Blue Dylan Any early album Sex Pistols Never Mind ******** Ian Dury New Boots and Panties Crowded House Woodface John Lennon Plastic Ono Band
Bowie - Ziggy Dr Feelgood - Stupidity Pistols - Never Mind Robert Cray - Strong Persuader Strolling Bones - Exile Clapton - Slowhand Blondie - Parallel Lines The Who - Live at Leeds The Pretenders - Pretenders I Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing
Stiff Little Fingers...Inflammable Material The Clash...The Clash Dead Kennedys...Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables The Damned...Machine Gun Etiquette Marillion...Script For A Jesters Tear Stiff Little Fingers...Nobody's Hero The Stranglers...Rattus Norvegicus U2...Under A Blood Red Sky Madness...One Step Beyond The Alarm...Declaration The Muppets...Muppet Show 1
Rolling Stones.. Get yer ya ya's out Pink Floyd.. Dark side of the moon Bowie .. Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from mars Lynyrd Skynyrd.. One more from the road Lynyrd Skynyrd.. Pronounced Ronnie Wood.. Now Look Deep Purple.. Made in Japan Dr Feelgood.. Casebook Jackson Browne.. Running on empty Thin Lizzy.. Live and Dangerous
The Who - Qaudrophenia. The Jam - The Gift. David Bowie - The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars. Madness - Absolutely. The Jam - All Mod Cons. The Who - Who's next. The Gents - How it all began. The Beatles - The Blue album. The Jam - Snap. Loads more really but if we're only naming ten these are mine.
Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat (best cover too!) Sex Pistols - Never Mind The ******** David Bowie - Station To Station Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell Genesis - Trespass The Roches ABC - Lexicon of Love The Pretenders
The Smiths - The Queen is dead Dire Straits - Making movies Dire Straits- Love over gold U2 - Unforgettable Fire U2 - Joshua Tree Nirvana - Live at Reading Pulp - His n hers Wonder Stuff - Beatles never love Elvis James - Laid Carter and Unstoppable Sex Machine - Post Historic Monsters
Sheer Heart Attack - Queen The Psychomodo - Cockney Rebel Dare - Human League ABC - Lexicon of Love Ni mind ******** War of the World Classic Ash - Wishbone Ash The Undertones - The Undertones Old New Borrowed Blue - Slade Setting Sons - The Jam
Most influential was just 2 albums - the first 2 albums from Roxy Music. Roxy Music - Roxy Music Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure